Ron Sheely
Papa at Retired
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRon Sheely is a retired electronic and embedded systems engineer based in Portland with a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and over a decade of documented professional experience. His career spans PCB and FPGA design, firmware and software development in C/C++, Python and Verilog, and practical work across Linux, iOS/OSX, Android and RTOS environments on ARM and AVR platforms. He combines hands-on instrumentation, sensor signal processing and motion/thermal control expertise with mechanical prototyping skills including 3D printing and CNC. Known for embracing open collaboration and modern tooling—git, GitHub, Jupyter, EAGLE, Xilinx—he’s comfortable bridging hardware and software to deliver complete embedded solutions. Outside engineering he’s an avid kayaker, writer and family-focused “Papa,” reflecting a lifelong learner ethos shaped by long tenures at companies like HP and Tektronix.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (10)
autodesk9
pythonocc9
plm9
cad8
python7
3d7
webgl7
ply7
opencascade5
bim5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RonSheely/pyo3
Aug 2023 - Feb 2025
Rust bindings for the Python interpreter
Contributions:37 pushes in 1 year 6 months
RonSheely/rust-language-reference
May 2023 - Jan 2025
The Rust Reference
Contributions:34 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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